Street-indicator for street-cars.



J. E. VERVILLE. STREET INDICATOR FOR STREET CARS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. Z2, 5-

1,176,628. Patented Mar. 21,1916.

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J. E. VERVILLE.

STREET INDICATOR FOR STREET CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.22. I915.

1,176,628. Patented Mar. 21,1916.

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STREET-INDICATOR FOR STREET-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed March 22, 1915. Serial No. 16,112.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, JOHN E. VERVILLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Collinsville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Indicators for Street-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to street indicators for street cars, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide simple and eflicient means for indicating the streets which intersect a car line, said means comprising a casing having a roll mounted therein, said roll comprising a belt having the names of the cross streets thereon, and said belt being mounted on a spindle, and means being provided for winding said belt and holding it near a sight opening so that the streets may be indicated through said sight opening;

Another object of the invention is to provide a street indicator for street cars in which there is a belt or band containing the names of the streets in one direction on one side of the belt, and the other side of the belt having the names of the streets in the opposite direction, or for giving the names I of the streets or branch lines, and said roll being wound and unwound by means of a motor, said motor being movable to tighten the belt for rotation in opposite directions. The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a street indicator made in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the vertical plane indicated by the line 3--3 of Fig. 2,1ooking in the direction indicated by the arrow, the central portion of the partition being broken away, Fig. 4

v is a view in elevation looking at the motor side of the casing.

designates a casin Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 of suitable size for its purpose, and in t e opposite sides of the casing are sight openings or windows 2. The casing is divided into two compartments by means, of a partition 3. Journaled in the casing and in the partition 3 are spindles 4 .socketed heads .10 and 11, respectively, said heads being disposed in the roll compart ment of the casing, and mounted in said heads are spindles l2 and 13, the opposite ends of said spindles being -mounted in spring bearings 14 and 15 to permit the ready removal of said spindles. A belt 16 passes around the pulley 8, and around a pulley 17 on the motor shaft 18, the latter being ournaled in the casing 1 and extending through slots 19 in the casing and partition 3. A belt 20 surrounds a pulley on the shaft 18 at the side of the pulley 17, said belt surrounding the pulley 9 on the stub-shaft 7.

A motor 21 is mounted upon a platform 22, said platform being connected to the side of the casing at 23. An adjusting screw 24 connected to the base of the motor 21 extends through a bracket 25 connected to the side of the casing and provided with a threaded boss 26.

A paper or fabric belt or band (1 containing thenames of the streets in one direction on one'side thereof and the names of the streets in the opposite direction on the other side, is mounted on the spindle 13, and is led around the spindles 4 and 5 on one side of p the casing and thence across and around the other spindles 4 and 5 and'around the spindle 12. When the roll is wound on the spindle 12, the streets upon one side of the belt a are shown through one of the sight openings, and when the belt is rewound on the spindle 13 the streets upon the opposite side of the belt are shown throughthe other sight opening 2.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the motor 21 may be started by a push button operated by the conductor to indicate the streets crossed by the car line, and. that if desired a bell may be connected up to be rung at each corner. When the car has gone to the end of the line, the casing is reversed by being placed at the opposite end of the car, and showing the other belt containing the names of the streets and the motor adjusted to rotate the belt spindle for this belt.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a device of this character may be used to advantage for-advertising purposes, and the belt may be continuously moved if desired to display advertisements through the sight openings.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed is 1. A street indicator comprising a casing, roll spindles mounted in the casing, idler spindles mounted in the casing and winding spindles operated by a motor, belt pulleys on the winding spindles, belt pulleys on the motor shaft, belts passing around said pulleys, and said motor being adjustable vertically to throw into operation one of the belts and throw out the other and vice versa to rotate the difierent winding spindles to indicate the names going and coming on a car line.

2. In a street indicator for car lines, a casing, spindles mounted in the casing, winding spindles journaled in the casing,

pulleys on said winding spindles, a motor mounted adjustably outside the casing, means for moving said motor vertically, the motor shaft carrying belt pulleys within the casing, and belts surrounding the pulleys on the motor shaft and on the winding spindles, said belt adapted to be tightened and loosened by the movement of the motor to Wind either spindle.

3. A street indicator for car lines comprising a casing, a roll spindle mounted in the casing, an idler spindle mounted in the casing, a winding spindle journaled in the casing, a motor mounted on the casing, a belt pulley on the winding spindle, a belt pulley on the motorshaft, similar spindles being mounted in the opposite end of the casing, and belts connected to said pulleys and means for adjusting the motor vertically to throw into and out of operation the belts. t

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. VERVILLE.

Witnesses:

M. J. MCFARLAND, EDNA G. FARNHAM. 

